Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging at Northridge Hospital Medical Center

18300 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1417089350

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$978.46

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$3,507.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$271.30 with HCLA vs $3,507.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $271.30 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $271.30 ↓ -72%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $271.30 ↓ -72%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $271.30 ↓ -72%
Gold Coast Health Plan Medicaid|All Plans $271.30 ↓ -72%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|> 21 $360.83 ↓ -63%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|< 21 $360.83 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $363.81 ↓ -63%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $363.81 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicaid|< 21 $379.82 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicaid|> 21 $379.82 ↓ -61%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -30%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -30%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -30%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -30%
Molina Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -30%
United Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -30%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -30%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -30%
Central Health Plan Commercial|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -30%
Central Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -30%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -30%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Other Plans $683.93 ↓ -30%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -30%
LA Care Medicare|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -30%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $683.93 ↓ -30%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $683.93 ↓ -30%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $854.91 ↓ -13%
DHR Medicaid|> 21 $876.75 ↓ -10%
DHR Medicaid|< 21 $876.75 ↓ -10%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $889.12 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $889.12 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $889.12 ↓ -9%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $1,101.15 ↑ +13%
United Commercial|HMO $1,101.15 ↑ +13%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $1,245.27 ↑ +27%
Blue Shield CA Medicaid|All Plans $1,356.50 ↑ +39%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $1,627.88 ↑ +66%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $1,627.88 ↑ +66%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|BlueShield Promise $2,279.55 ↑ +133%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Vivity $2,484.21 ↑ +154%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $2,805.60 ↑ +187%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,051.09 ↑ +212%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $3,226.44 ↑ +230%
US Behavioral Health Commercial|All Plans $3,507.00 ↑ +258%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $3,507.00 ↑ +258%

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Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Lassen Medical Center Susanville $829.36 $107.65 – $1,198.92
Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas $3,372.63 $271.30 – $4,848.06
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $457.82 $271.30 – $2,565.73
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $452.88 $271.30 – $2,565.73
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $4,385.49 $755.17 – $2,213.99
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka $3,731.67 $698.35 – $2,421.05
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $4,641.38 $271.30 – $6,473.08
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $1,410.72 $593.60 – $1,291.95

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